Speaker
Description
At the Centre for Advanced Laser Applications (CALA) near Munich, Germany, a multi-petawatt short pulse laser system and several experimental endstations are operated within a university research environment. Unlike large-scale user facilities, CALA must function within limited financial and staffing resources. These constraints have strongly influenced the design of our Tango-based control and data acquisition system, leading us to prioritize simplicity, robustness, and low complexity to ensure reliable and maintainable operation. In my presentation, I will first provide a brief overview of the facility, followed by a walkthrough of our Tango infrastructure. The focus will be on selected in-house solutions that may be of interest to the broader Tango community. These include tools like our Tango-based GitMonitor, which helps maintain consistent updates across distributed Git repositories, as well as more advanced developments such as a modular, automated laser drift stabilization system—also built on the Tango framework.
